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'''''The Kiss''''' is a [[1914 in film|1914]] [[Vitagraph Studios|Vitagraph]] [[silent film|silent]] [[drama film|drama]] [[short film|short]] [[film|motion picture]] starring [[Ella Margaret Gibson|Margaret Gibson]], [[George Holt (actor)|George Holt]], [[William Desmond Taylor]], and [[Myrtle Gonzalez]].<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/K/Kiss1914.html ''The Kiss'' at silentera.com database]</ref>
'''''The Kiss''''' is a [[1914 in film|1914]] [[Vitagraph Studios|Vitagraph]] [[silent film|silent]] [[drama film|drama]] [[short film|short]] [[film|motion picture]] starring [[Ella Margaret Gibson|Margaret Gibson]], [[George Holt (actor)|George Holt]], [[William Desmond Taylor]], and [[Myrtle Gonzalez]].<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/K/Kiss1914.html ''The Kiss'' at silentera.com database]</ref>


[[film director|Directed]] by [[Ulysses Davis]], the [[screenplay]] was based on a story by [[Marc Edmund Jones (writer)|Marc Edmund Jones]]. Long thought to have been a lost film, a copy was found and put on [[YouTube]]. The film is the only known surviving film in which director [[William Desmond Taylor]] appears as an actor. In 1964 Taylor's co-star [[Ella Margaret Gibson|Margaret Gibson]], shortly before her death, reportedly confessed to having murdered him in 1922.
[[film director|Directed]] by [[Ulysses Davis]], the [[screenplay]] was based on a story by [[Marc Edmund Jones (writer)|Marc Edmund Jones]]. Long thought to have been a [[lost film]], a copy was found and put on [[YouTube]]. The film is the only known surviving film in which director [[William Desmond Taylor]] appears as an actor. In 1964 Taylor's co-star [[Ella Margaret Gibson|Margaret Gibson]], shortly before her death, reportedly confessed to having murdered him in 1922.

==Plot==
{{no plot|date=January 2024}}


==Cast==
==Cast==
*[[Ella Margaret Gibson|Margaret Gibson]] ... Alice, a shop girl
* [[Ella Margaret Gibson|Margaret Gibson]] ... Alice, a shop girl
*[[George Holt (actor)|George Holt]] ... Fred, her sweetheart
* [[George Holt (actor)|George Holt]] ... Fred, her sweetheart
*[[William Desmond Taylor]] ... George Dale, society man
* [[William Desmond Taylor]] ... George Dale, society man
*[[Myrtle Gonzalez]] ... Helen, George's fiancée
* [[Myrtle Gonzalez]] ... Helen, George's fiancée
*[[Loyola O'Connor]] ... Landlady
* [[Loyola O'Connor]] ... Landlady
*[[Jane Novak]] ... Mazie, a saleslady
* [[Jane Novak]] ... Mazie, a saleslady


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{IMDb title|id=0004193|title=The Kiss}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0004193|title=The Kiss}}
*[http://www.silent-movies.com/Taylorology/wdt.mov Clip from ''The Kiss'' of William Desmond Taylor and Margaret Gibson in restaurant scene]
* [https://archive.org/details/VitagraphKiss ''The Kiss'' with William Desmond Taylor and Margaret Gibson]


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Latest revision as of 05:54, 20 December 2024

The Kiss
Directed byUlysses Davis
Written byMarc Edmund Jones (story)
StarringMargaret Gibson
George Holt
William Desmond Taylor
Myrtle Gonzalez
Release date
  • April 15, 1914 (1914-04-15)
Running time
10 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSilent movie

The Kiss is a 1914 Vitagraph silent drama short motion picture starring Margaret Gibson, George Holt, William Desmond Taylor, and Myrtle Gonzalez.[1]

Directed by Ulysses Davis, the screenplay was based on a story by Marc Edmund Jones. Long thought to have been a lost film, a copy was found and put on YouTube. The film is the only known surviving film in which director William Desmond Taylor appears as an actor. In 1964 Taylor's co-star Margaret Gibson, shortly before her death, reportedly confessed to having murdered him in 1922.

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  1. ^ The Kiss at silentera.com database
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